Spotted this sign on the drive into the office this morning.

I didn’t know: a) they had gun shows in Frisco, b) that one was going on this weekend.

This might be a problem for my wallet.  The entrance line was stretched out around the building.

Details:

Location
Frisco Gun Shows are held at the Dr Pepper Arena – 2601 Avenue of the Stars, Frisco TX 75034.

Dates
July 31 & August 1, 2010

Show Hours
Saturday 9am to 5pm
Sunday 10am to 5pm
Vendor Set-up Friday 10am to 6pm and Saturday 7:30am to 9am

Admission
General Admission – $8
Children UNDER 12 – Free
Uniformed Peace Officers – Free

Weekend Pass – $12.00, return FREE on Sunday.

Plenty of FREE Parking

More information located here: http://www.fwgunshow.com/frisco.html and http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/GunShows/ShowDetails.aspx?sid=16653

If you check it out, let me know.

Posted via email from The Brian Junyor Project

For instance: the Texas lawmaker who voted against the castle doctrine; he shot and killed someone in the circumstances that the castle doctrine was there to protect; the rights of the individual who is protecting themselves.

Here is a link to the story.

The way to make firearms really safe, says Hebert Meyerle of Germany, is to password-protect the ammunition itself.

Meyerle is patenting a design for a modified cartridge that would be fired by a burst of high-frequency radio energy. But the energy would only ignite the charge if a solid-state switch within the cartridge had been activated. This would only happen if a password entered into the gun using a tiny keypad matched one stored in the cartridge.

When they are sold, cartridges could be programmed with a password that matches the purchaser’s gun. An owner could set the gun to request the password when it is reloaded, or to perform a biometric check before firing. The gun could also automatically lock itself after a pre-set period of time has passed since the password was entered.

The system would undoubtedly cost more than a conventional gun, but many firearm enthusiasts would surely pay a premium for such added security.

Plenty of good comments posted,

This is a terrible idea. It will hinder those who may need the weapon for self defense long enough to become dead, and will do absolutely NOTHING to stop an accidental death or misuse by a thieving criminal.

Want safer guns? Kill the criminals.

And this link for THR commentary:  http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=187561

And this link for the clerk’s point of view in his own words:  http://www.jobrelatedstuff.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=443057

Some feel that he was too close to the child while shooting.  I say the woman holding the child should’nt have been at the register to begin with if there was a gun pointing in her vicinity and definitely should’ve hugged some floor once the first shots were fired.

All in all, I say good on the clerk (who happens to be an NRA instructor).

click here

This is mine:
You are KIRIKA – You are unsure of who you really are, and desperately seek answers. You don’t know why you kill so much; you just do. Your sweet face belies your deadly instincts. In short, you are the ultimate assassin. Aren’t you proud?
Go! Go now!

Edit: Who changed the ‘write post’ page? I can’t get this link to just show as a text description that’s a clickable link. Little help?

Edit Again: Thanks to Oracle for the link assist.

Quote:  Yet my pistol is more than just security. Like an Orthodox Jew’s yarmulke or a Christian cross, it is a symbol of who I am, what I believe and the moral standards by which I live. It symbolizes the Social Contract between myself and society and declares that I am no mere subject but a free and independent citizen of the Republic who holds inalienable rights while honoring the responsibilities that accompany those rights. My pistol states that I will defend the common weal, that I will uphold what is right and decent and that I am willing and able to protect myself and mine. (The police cannot and are not required to protect the individual person or family. They are spread too thin for that. When called they will do their best, but all too often they can get there only in time to clean up the aftermath. You are responsible for your own safety.)

My pistol is my family’s shield, my guarantee that upon my life I will let no evil touch them. When a malefactor demands, Your dignity and your money, or your life!” my pistol introduces a very sobering third alternative: No – if you persist in this criminal endeavor, it is your life that will be at hazard.”

For the full text, go read Responsibly Armed by Finn Aagaard over on the Texas State Rifle Association’s Website.

Linked below are his presentation and speech to the annual meeting of American Society of Criminology in 2004.

2004 Talk (DOC)
2004 Presentation (PPT)

Quote from the Abstract: “The results of this study show that British-style firearm laws have not reduced violent crime rates in any of the countries examined. In contrast, homicide and violent crime rates have fallen dramatically in the United States over the past decade. General gun laws have not been found to make societies safer. Criminal violence is predicted to increase in both Brazil and South Africa. “

1. All guns are always loaded.
2. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target. (Popularly: “Keep the booger hook off the bang switch.”)
3. Do not let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
4. Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.

Now, how about we watch some footage of what happens when you ignore the four rules? Warning, this is a pretty big file.
A negligent discharge. Otherwise known as “I’m the only one in this room professional enough, that I know of, to carry this Glock .40.”

The first time I watched this, I got a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, the kind you get when you witness a major traffic accident or other incidents that can have deadly repercussions. Many have ridiculed the agent in the clip, called him a moron and worse. I personally think that he just let himself get distracted. Unfortunately, while holding a deadly weapon is not the time to get distracted. And I’d say he paid for the lesson learned in no small amount of blood and pride.

Now, if we could just make sure that the drivel he was spouting about guns both before and, to a lesser extent, after could be kept clear of the indoctrination camps. Err, I mean schools.